If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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human — the barbaric way and the civilized way , a cynic might say . But we
know that these are arbitrary categories , that there is no such thing as the
barbaric and the civilized . Don't we ? The idea that we live our lives in language ,
and that ...
human — the barbaric way and the civilized way , a cynic might say . But we
know that these are arbitrary categories , that there is no such thing as the
barbaric and the civilized . Don't we ? The idea that we live our lives in language ,
and that ...
Page 23
It exemplifies the categorization of peoples into the barbaric and the civilized ,
and the dismissal of babblers and doodlers . But it also opens a window onto the
ways in which we use these categories , and might get beyond them . In
language ...
It exemplifies the categorization of peoples into the barbaric and the civilized ,
and the dismissal of babblers and doodlers . But it also opens a window onto the
ways in which we use these categories , and might get beyond them . In
language ...
Page 31
And it draws a clear line between Them and Us , or between childlike ,
wandering doodlers and civilized , settled doers . For those of us who grew up
during the 1940s and 1950s in North American families , the guide to what was
civilized was ...
And it draws a clear line between Them and Us , or between childlike ,
wandering doodlers and civilized , settled doers . For those of us who grew up
during the 1940s and 1950s in North American families , the guide to what was
civilized was ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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